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2a will regort | George Farne, of St. Clair, Schuylkill | 
Ae, We tee county, killed this season, near his home, | 
a ruffed grouse, or pheasant, which; from 
the gov®¥nor 
the avoitdupois standpoint, was a record- 
breaker. This bird, an old male,sweighed 
2 pounds and 8 ounces. ‘ 
Mr. Farné, who has killed and weighed 
many ruffed grouse, knew that this was 
the king of all birds of this kind he 
had ever placed on the balance,’ and, 
thinking theré might be some defect in! 
his scales, he had them tested carefully, 
and they were found to be accurate. ‘The 
bird was weighed in the presence of two 
‘lor three persons. i 
Dr. BH. Warren, of the Everhart Mu- 
seum, of Scranton, has for the last twen- 
ty years kept records or ruffed grouse 
shot in different years. Se records 
| Show that of 1200 pheasants that were!' 
weighed, only three went to 2 pounds or 
more. One, shot November 24, 1895, by oe 
| K. Sober, of Lewisburg, weigenéd ae 
| ounces. Another, shot by R.-C. Carter, 
in Monroe county, several years ago, i 
weighed 3614 ounces, : | 
An old drtitimer, which D. c Tyrrell, 
of North Orwell, Bradford courty, shot 
Some five yéars ago, stopped at the 3314+ 
ounce mark, and one othér male a red 
ruff; by the way, weighéd just an even 
2 pounds. 
This grouse killed by Mr. Farne, Doctor 
Warren believes, is the largest ever shot 
5 and -weighed in. this commonwealth. At 
: Heim, of | least, the doctor says he knows of no 
mds, Was | record of one as large, 
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